Questions tagged [import]

Questions about the process of importing a file in a different format of that used by the program in question. Example: importing a drawing from Illustrator to CorelDraw, or importing data from Excel to Indesign.

I have a simple question: How do I import a vector file into Photoshop WITHOUT getting it rasterised?
I know that Photoshop can do curves and paths and all of that, so why can't I open an SVG file in ...

So currently I'm grabbing images out of PDF files, which Inkscape do a great job by importing PDF and grabbing a specific object. But I'm just wondering, is the PDF imported to Inkscape losslessly? ...

I know it is possible to replace some comps from the composition window by another one from the project bin by holding Alt and using Click+Drag
But what I would like to achieve is different:
I would ...

When importing a .txt file to InDesign as a linked file, is there a way to keep the formatting of the existing text frame?
I formatted a text frame with a object style (with only a paragraph style in ...

I am trying to import and SVG to the Stage in Adobe Animate CC so that each path/element of the SVG on a separate layer, as described on the official Adobe help pages. When I select "Import each path ...

Any way to import a series of text strings (for example, from a spreadsheet), so when imported each string gets a separate text box?
(I know how to import multiple text files--what I'm trying to do ...

I have already tried importing multiple images with File -> Import Animation Frames. I tried importing a single GIF image and it didn't extract the layers so I did it manually myself, then I went back ...

I'm working on a project at work that requires creating 100+ mini community profiles. The profiles are a collection of Data so I'm using a data merge to import all the variables.
I'm having a problem ...

I've been mucking about with animated GIFs for a while now, but I've only come across these in the last two days.
The last two times I just manually flipped on the layers frame by frame to create the ...

I've seen that this question is quite a while present in designers community.
For my case it is the thing, that the clipping mask I apply in AI doesn't work in corel. I tried .dxf, .dwg and all kinds ...

Is it possible to import an inline SVG directly into Sketch?
I want to convert my inline SVG into a file without importing an external library or copy and paste the code inside an editor to save it as ...

I'm laying out 100+ business listings into a three-column document.
The listings are currently in a .csv spreadsheet that looks like so:
A | B | C | D
Company name | Location | Blurb | Contact Info
...

A client has provided a PDF file with vector information, and I need to make some adjustments to it. It is a complex file (an architectural design) with many different colors, line styles etc.
When I ...

I use Illustrator to make web sites with SVG pages (ozake.com).
To create animations and menus, I use the Attributes palette to add links to an object and I use the SVG Interactivity palette to add ...

I have two images and I want to combine them into one. With the option Layer > Import/Export > Import Layer I was able to import a Krita Image, but only as a single layer. But I'd like to preserve the ...

I'm not very well-versed with commercial graphic design tools and only know the basic things with open source tools.
I've had someone create a brochure for me and they've sent me the PDF and an indd ...

I'm looking for efficient way of importing the 1000+ individual names into an InDesign document then exporting out as an individual PDFs (a 1000 page pdf wont work). One name per page.
I have created ...

Is there a way that I can change the fill color of multiple linked .ai files all at once in InDesign? My process is as follows:
I'm working on a photobook in InDesign. I've a master page with various ...

I'm an architecture student trying to design a virtual world with fbx's made from recap360.
The problem is when I try to import another fbx in the same scene.
The first scene gets overwritten by the ...

I'm currently using Adobe InDesign CS5.5 and Illustrator CS5.1. I'm working on a school project in which I have to make a book in InDesign and I would like to import either an AI file or PDF created ...

Recently I have been trying to warp an image using Adobe Illustrator CC2017, but I'm experiencing some problems. Using the distort command (cmd alt c) I can't perform the distortion. Illustrator says ...

I have the problem, that certain layers in principle are flipped after I imported from sketch.
In Sketch:
Outcome in Principle
What do I have to do in Sketch to prevent this from happening? I used "...

I am importing Word 2003 files into InDesign CS5.5 by placing/linking them and mapping the Word styles to the ready made ID styles. The Word document is simple and designed with this in mind! I have 2 ...

I imported a logo from PDF to Illustrator 21.0.0 and I get this unusual result. The path is fine and smooth when viewed in keyline mode (the second picture) while the rendered version (first picture) ...

I'm trying to copy layers from Photoshop CS4 to Illustrator CS4, but when I paste each layer from Photoshop to Illustrator all my layers are centered instead of staying in the position they were in ...

When I imported a graphic made in Inkscape into Synfig Studio, the pivot point of the object was a large amount of distance away. Is there anyway that I can move the pivot point of the imported object ...

In the Illustrator file I have a layer that consists of several pictures. I'd like to export it to After Effects as one layer but have an ability to edit them individually.
With normal (aka vector, ...

Did anyone succeed in importing a vertex-colored mesh into Sketchup? (My goal is to get a meshed pointcloud from an upcoming laserscan project into SketchUp and then publish it in Google Earth.)
For ...

I've made a screenshot of my phone screen and imported it in Photoshop by dragging from disk. However it's clean "as-is" image of the phone screen, it has appeared in photoshop slightly blurred. How ...

I am searching for Adobe Illustrator plug-in that can read data from a MS Excel file and create many artboards with text data from that file (one artboard per table row). Also it would be cool if I ...